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Info.txt file

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This page is specifically about the info.txt file. A lot of what is here is redundant; it can also be found at the comprehensive Mod page.

Directory Structure

Mods contain an info.txt file and either an "objects" folder or a "graphics" folder (or both.) All of the vanilla objects in the game too use this format. Your mod folder should look something like this:

Folder-orange.svg Mod Name
 ├ Text-x-generic.svg info.txt
 ├ Text-x-generic.svg preview.png
 ├ Folder.svg objects
 └ Folder.svg graphics


Mod Info

Main article: Mod info token

Each mod must have a info.txt at the root of your mod folder. It has a few fields defining basic metadata information about the mod and can be edited using any text editor (like notepad++).

Examples

The three examples below are largely identical.

Example Bay 12

This is the example found at Bay 12 Games.

[ID:vanilla_items]
[NUMERIC_VERSION:5001]
[DISPLAYED_VERSION:50.01]
[EARLIEST_COMPATIBLE_NUMERIC_VERSION:5001]
[EARLIEST_COMPATIBLE_DISPLAYED_VERSION:50.01]
[AUTHOR:Mary Lee]
[NAME:Vanilla Items]
[DESCRIPTION:These are the default Dwarf Fortress items.]

Example DF Wiki

With entries (tokens?) for the steam platform...

[ID:wiki_example]
[NAME:Wiki Example Mod]
[NUMERIC_VERSION:5001]
[DISPLAYED_VERSION:50.01]
[EARLIEST_COMPATIBLE_NUMERIC_VERSION:5001]
[EARLIEST_COMPATIBLE_DISPLAYED_VERSION:50.01]
[AUTHOR:Dwarf Fortress Wiki]
[DESCRIPTION:This is an example mod. This text shows up in-game.]

[STEAM_TITLE:Wiki Example Mod]
[STEAM_DESCRIPTION:This text shows up on Steam Workshop.]
[STEAM_TAG:mod] 
[STEAM_KEY_VALUE_TAG:test:stuff]
[STEAM_METADATA:metadata test]
[STEAM_CHANGELOG:Made some changes. Shown in 'Change Notes' tab.]

[STEAM_FILE_ID:#########]

Example Zeeb

An example found on steam in the "Example Mod." Contains entries for the steam platform.

[ID:example_mod]
[NUMERIC_VERSION:1]
[DISPLAYED_VERSION:1.0.0]
[EARLIEST_COMPATIBLE_NUMERIC_VERSION:1]
[EARLIEST_COMPATIBLE_DISPLAYED_VERSION:1.0.0]
[AUTHOR:Author]
[NAME:Example Mod]
[DESCRIPTION:This is just an empty example mod.]

[STEAM_TITLE:Example Mod]
[STEAM_DESCRIPTION:This is just an empty example mod.]
[STEAM_TAG:example]
[STEAM_FILE_ID:2905754195]

Note that you should remove the last token "STEAM_FILE_ID" as it will be autogenerated. Remove the [STEAM_FILE_ID:###] tag since that is unique for every mod and generates automatically whenever you upload your mod to the workshop

See Also